Psychotherapy 2.0

The digital age is both exciting and challenging for psychotherapy, opening the door to clients groups previously not able to access psychological help, whilst also providing the challenges caused by social media and internet abuse and how these impact on the consulting room. Psychotherapy 2.0 blows open the consulting room doors and shows successful pathways for attracting new clients to gain access to psychological help, as well as demonstrating that despite initial scepticism, working online as a psychotherapist or counsellor can be as effective as 'face2face' work: the therapeutic relationship may be different but it remains the centrally important feature for successful psychotherapy. It follows therefore that all psychotherapists and counsellors need to be fully informed about the impact of the digital age on their clinical practice. Psychotherapy 2.0 covers the key issues for psychotherapists and counsellors who are, or are thinking of, working online, include thinking about psychotherapy in the digital age, the requirements to modify training both for working online and also the digital issues as they arise within the face2face consulting room.

Philippa Weitz

UKCP Book Editorial Board Preface , Preface , Foreword , Psychotherapy Evolution In Context , Psychotherapy 2.0: for better or for worse? , How to think about psychotherapy in a digital context , Thinking about training fit for the digital era , Therapy In Practice , The therapeutic alliance online , Challenges and dilemmas in the online consulting room , Lost in translation-meeting the challenges of language and regional customs when working online, cross-border, without visual cues , Avatars-opening the virtual doors of therapy , Establishing an online practice , Working Safely and Legally in the Context of International Law , Developing ethical delivery of cross-border services , Protecting children and young people-the "online" generation , The Way forward